Week in Reviews

Corby Kummer, "on record as loathing" the "pernicious trend" of tasting menus, reviews tasting menu-only Asta. Even so, the Boston Magazine scribe falls for the Back Bay restaurant, calling chef/owner Alex Crabb "talented, genial, and modestly but unmistakably ambitious." "I haven't been this impressed by a new chef since Jason Bond opened Bondir and Tim Maslow ... revolutionized Strip-T's." [BM]